Wednesday, 19 July 2017

[Disclaimer: I received an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book in exchange for an honest review. I purchased the item to support the author.]

All righty then, I should also mention that I am friends with Christy Nicholas and that I have a tendency to enjoy her stories. I wanted to enjoy this story, I wanted to finish this story. I did neither, and I blame myself.

Call of the Morrigu by Christy Nicholas is funny, poignant, well-written, engaging, and curiosity-inducing. It blends current societal problems with those of the past, and presents it all simultaneously in a blunt and humourous, somehow innocent and a teensy bit sultry package. That of the character "Morrigan" in the story itself. And yet, with all that going for it, I, me, myself, did not enjoy it.

I'm pretty sure it's a taste thing, and not something I can help about myself. Certainly not something Christy Nicholas needs to change about her books or writing. If you are at all familiar with her works so far, you'll have noticed the theme of going backwards in time from sequel to sequel, and becoming more magical, too.

I'm referencing the Druid's Brooch Trilogy specifically here, and I will say that if those stories even piqued your interest, this one will do right by you. Myself, I'm looking forward to the next series Christy Nicholas is working on and hoping it fulfils my needs more than Call of the Morrigu did.

I've said it in the past, and I'll say it again. Christy Nicholas is an author with a career worth watching!

About the Author

Born a in century long past, Theodore B.C. Wright was never one for mincing his words. A quiet and apparently shy child, he spent his time doing things he would later forget, silently and persistently unable to read or write until his fourteenth birthday. It was an auspicious day, marked by his sudden desire to become a novelist, which would mean learning the language of his birth, English. It took him three years of lonesome, desperate practice before the proficiency-fairy took note of his dedication, and granted him talent. It would take another three years for the confidence-elf to bestow on him bravery enough to share his work with the world.
Theodore lives in Canada with his family and fair and fluffy dog, continually tapping away at his keyboard, the next story, always on the tips of his fingers.
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